I kind of agree with Kiyza. I usually don't like the main characters. Just because i don't like it when a manga has a group of characters, which all have the same cause (more or less). Yet one character becomes so much better than the others that the secondary characters get overshadowed.

This is the issue with Naruto and Sasuke. They have grown so stupidly powerful that secondary characters like Neji, Rock leee, Gara, TenTen and Kiba get completely overshadowed to the point they because almost irrelevant in the story.

That’s part of my issue with Ichigo in bleach, Luffy in OP and Saiyans in DBZ. There good characters but grow far to fast.

Nicely said i dont really watch or read Naruto anymore because of this i mean Neji used to be able to own some of these guys and most of the other squads got down graded, its like team Kakashi is like way OP. Personally i wanted one of the main guys to die like Sasuke for example for being too overpowered and making everyone super weak in comparison

naruto full nine tails form vs susano'o, would be....sex.

Omg, I've gotten in this conversation before with my friends! This is pretty interesting. =D

I'm normally on the other side of the debate though.
Yeah, the main character becomes stronger than the secondary characters.
Isn't that why they're secondary characters?
If they were stronger/more interesting than Naruto,
wouldn't the show be about them instead?

I can't for the life of me think of a shonen anime where the main character is weak/not special.
(Not that I'm claiming to have seen every anime =P).

And as for growing far to fast.. both Naruto and One Piece had a 2 year break
(in the series, not real life) were everyone left to get stronger. That doesn't seem very fast.
I could not handle these manga slowing down. xD I want to live to see the end of it!

(Also, I'm really not trying to be rude or start a fight or trash other people's opinions!
I just like talking about these things for some reason =D)

-Edit-
Oh, sorry if I'm grave digging >.> I didn't notice this thread was 2 weeks old until now.

becuase orochimaru used the secret finger jutsu along with some other forbidden jutsu on sasgay

Kishi needs to realize that he has 3 main characters of the show Naruto, Sasuke, and SAKURA!! He's completely forgotten about her along with every other character basically.

But no worries, Kishi loves to make Sasuke the big cheese since Sasuke is Kishi's favorite.

Who's Sakura what he has forgotten is that Hinayana finally confessed and then that's it she just goes of somewhere

Yeah Kishi has forgotten about that as well. I won't be surprised if Naruto doesn't even remember that. In all honesty he barely knows Hinata anyway.

She never did very important things in the show, so why is she a main protagonist like Naruto and Sasuke? The fact that they were in the same team doesn't mean that everyone in Team 7 is main characters. If that were, then Kakashi, Yamato and Sai are main protagonists too...

So taking down an Akatsuki member alongside Chiyo, finding out the info. where Sasuke is from Sasori, and uncovering the secret to White Zetsu does not count as very important?

And she is a main character more or less as she is regarded as the female lead in Naruto. Plus, she does play a more prominent role in the show compared to the supporting characters. I never said she was the main protagonist. Obviously the main protagonist can only be one person which is Naruto. Sakura is more of the Tritagonist.